12 Abril 2022
In the Political Declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (A/RES/73/2), governments committed to scale up efforts “as Heads of State and Government, to provide strategic leadership for the prevention and control of NCDs by promoting greater policy coherence and coordination through whole-of-government and health-in-all-policies approaches and by engaging stakeholders in an appropriate, coordinated, comprehensive and integrated, bold whole-of-society action and response”
International Strategic Dialogue on Noncommunicable Diseases and Sustainable Development Goals
Dr Matshidiso Moeti
Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization
Invitation message from the Regional Director
I have the pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Strategic Dialogue Meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This high-level meeting, co-organized by the Government of Ghana, the Government of Norway and the World Health Organization will take place on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The meeting will be in a hybrid format, in-person and virtual, as appropriate to country and travel context.
The meeting will bring leaders across WHO Member States; Heads of State and Government, business, and civil society to raise the priority accorded to the prevention and control of NCDs within the national SDG response in low- and middle-income countries. It will allow for an exchange of knowledge and ideas as well as raising the political visibility of Heads of State and Government who are providing a strategic leadership role in the prevention and control of NCDs to a global level, in particular in Africa.
The International Strategic Dialogue on NCDs and SDGs is a follow up to the commitments made by governments in Paragraph 17 of the Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases to scale up efforts “to provide strategic leadership for the prevention and control of NCDs by promoting greater policy coherence and coordination through whole-of-government and health-in-all-policies approaches and by engaging stakeholders in an appropriate, coordinated, comprehensive and integrated, bold whole-of-society action and response”.
This meeting is a great opportunity especially for Africa to revisit the prioritization of NCD prevention and control in the national response to the SDGs in our countries, which has been held back by the outset of the Covid19 pandemic.
It is expected at the end of the International Strategic Dialogue to establish an Informal International Heads of State and Government Group (NCD Presidential Group) on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and; to launch an International NCD Compact 2022-2030 (living document).
I look forward to your in-person or virtual participation.
Thank you.
Why do we need an International Strategic Dialogue?
In the Political Declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (A/RES/73/2), governments committed to scale up efforts “as Heads of State and Government, to provide strategic leadership for the prevention and control of NCDs by promoting greater policy coherence and coordination through whole-of-government and health-in-all-policies approaches and by engaging stakeholders in an appropriate, coordinated, comprehensive and integrated, bold whole-of-society action and response”
Raise priority
Raise the priority of the prevention and control of NCDs in national SDG responses in low and middle-income countries.
Engage
Unite actors and partners to exchange knowledge on how we achieve the SDG 3 targets, particularly SDGs 3.4 (NCDs) and 3.8 (UHC)
Leadership
Raise the political visibility of Heads of State playing a global leadership role in the prevention and control of NCDs
Watch the event live
SPEAKERS
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo
President of Ghana
Jonas Gahr Store
Prime Minister of Norway
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General, World Health Organization
Dr Matshidiso Moeti
Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization
Zoom Webinar password: NSD#22ACC